Toy railroad trace embankment



June 2, 1931.

C. F. STONE TOY RAILROAD TRACK EMBANKMENT Filed Jan. 18. 1930 I IIIPatented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES CHARLES E. STONE, OF UPPER DARBY,PENNSYLVANIA 'IOY RAILROAD 'rnncz EMBANRMENT Application filed January18, 1930. Serial No. 421,708.

My invention relates to toy railroad tracks and to the construction ofthe toy road-bed and tracks thereof, either or both.

A purpose of m invention is to provide a toy raised roaded for a toytrack that will simulate the appearance of the embankment and road-bedof a standard railroad track.

A further purpose is to provide a novel toy road-bed for tracks of thecharacter indicated having curve elevation of the outer rail, alongstrai ht portions and curves of the track, either or 0th.

A further purpose is to make a toy rail- 5 road track bed of spaced formblocks covered with cardboard and to give the cardboard bed a surfacecoating as of glue and particles of stone, earth or the like in orderthat the toy bed may better simulate the ap 2 pearance of the road-bedof a standard railroad track.

A further purpose is to continue the elevation of the outer rail of acurved portion of a toy road-bed for a short distance along a straightportion of the track, optionally using the same or similar shaped formblocks throughout when the lengths of curved and straight portions areshort or progressively ket or to the new toy track sections disclosedherein.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims.

I have elected to show one main form only 55 of my invention with aminor modification, selecting a form and a modification thereof that arepractical and eificient in operation and which well illustrate theprinciples involved.

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a desirable embodiment of myinvention.

Figure 2 is a section taken upon the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are sections to enlarged 05 scale on the lines 3-3 and4-4; respectively of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan view showing a modified form,simulating a different type of road-bed from that of Fig- 70 fires 1 to4.

Figure 6 is a section to enlarged scale taken upon the line 6-6 ofFigure 5.

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail fragment, :lIOWlIlg structure of the toyroad-bed sur- 75 ace.

Figure 8 is a perspective view to reduced scale, generally similar toFigure 6 but showreducing the greater elevation of the outen ing adifferent form of track section from rail to zero with increasingdistance from the curve when the straight portions are long. A furtherpurpose is to cover form blocks spaced along straight portions of a toyraised road-bed with pieces of cardboard each of which covers thesloping sides and top of any desired length of the straight track bedand to fasten the cover to the spaced blocks by suitable tacks.

A further purpose is to cover the form 0 blocks spaced alon the curvedportions of a toy raised road-bed with cardboard sections ovgr theopposite sides and the top of the be A further purpose is to provide anovel and desirable form of toy track sections adapted to use with orwithout the toy road-bed disclosed herein.

A further purpose is to provide a novel form of toy road-bed that 1swell adapted to the toy track sections hitherto on the mar- ",that shownin Figure 6.

so Figure 9 is a transverse section illustrating a difi'erent anddesirable novel form of track.

Like numerals refer to like parts in all figures.

My novel toy raised bed is shown as comprising a base board 8,transverse form blocks v9 fastened on to the base and spaced along thedesired path of the track, a cardboard cover 10 over the transverselyalined form blocks and a surfacing 11 over the cardboard to simulate theappearance of a standard railroad embankment.

I show the form blocks all alike, showing the top 12 of each blockprovided with a considerable degree of inclination or tilt fromhorizontal and with inner and outer sides 13 and 14 with abrupt slopingdescents to the base, inthat I may make the form blocks for use at thestraight portions of the 10 track interchangeable with those for use atthe track curves where are short.

It will be understood however that where the strai ht sectionsintermediate the curves are long prefer to progessively decrease thegreater elevation of the outer rail to zero with a progressivelyincreasing distance from the the straight portions 'curves providingintermediate fiat straight matter of individual preference and I mayvary the inward slope of the blocks to accord with different individualtastes.

Along the straight portions of the track I cover the transversely alinedblocks with cardboard covers, each of which may preferabl have thelength of the straight track an a total width adapting it to cover thetop and sides of the successive blocks, the card being desirably scoredlongitudinally at 15 and 16 so as to bend sharply down from the top tothe opposite sides of the road-bed.

Around the curves of the track the cardboard cover should be made inthree pieces 17, 18 and 19 respectively for the top and the oppositesides of the bed, each piece permissibly extending for the full lengthor any portion of the length of the curve and being tacked to the blocksas indicated at 20 in Fi ure 4.

I apply adhesive such as glue 21 (Figure 7) to the outside surface ofthe cardboard 10 and suitable surfacing material 22 over and in the glueto simulate the appearance of a standard railroad embankment.

The surfacing material may desirably comprise particles of broken stone,sand etc. over the top of the road-bed with optionally a differentcharacter of material over the sides of the bed, for example earthymaterial with or without matter adapted to simulate vegetation.

The track sections may comprise one or other of my novel forms ofsections shown in Figures 8 and 9 or they may be of any suitable orcommercial type, as that illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, in which theouter train rails 23 and 24 and the third rail 25 are mounted upon ties26.

I place the track sections along the top of the cardboard cover nailingor screwing them to place at 27 through the cardboard to the blocksfinding it however usually unnecessary to nail the track tie sections toevery block.

I may sometimes make the toy track simulate the appearance of a trackhaving buried ties (Figures 5 and 6) and as best seen in Figure 6 I thenmake the top and side cardboard pieces 12, 13' and 14' individuallyseparate, and extend the side pieces upwardly at 28 and 29 to somelittle distance higher than the to s of the ties 26'.

I then fill in the space between the side members 28 and 29 with anydesired topping-broken stone, sand or the like-to a depth suificient tocover the ties 26' and preferably also the rail flanges.

I may widely vary the form of track sections used, and for this reasonintend the track sections shown in Figures 1 to 5 to be a conventionalshowing for any track sections adapted to use in the intended way.

One feature of my invention however includes a specific form of tracksection, that illustrated in Figures 8 and 9.

In Figure 8 the ties may desirably comprise spaced strips of wood,saw-cut at 30, 31 and 32 to receive downwardly projecting strip portionsof the rails 23', 24' and 25.

In Figure 8 the rails are shown as metal strips of uniform thickness,the strips being pushed laterally downward into the spaced cuts in thetops of the ties.

Optionally the rail sections may be given a sectional contour tosimulate the section of a standard railroad rail and in Fi re 9 I haveprovided rails 23, 24 and 25 with a portion 33 simulating the section ofstandard railroad rails and a. lower downwardly extending flange 35 tobe inserted into the upwardly presented saw-cuts of the ties.

I preferably provide a strip of carboard 36 on the base board across thebottoms of the spaced blocks.

This cardboard appears to be quite desirable in that it marks out thelocation of the track and also assists in the holding of the blocks ofthe toy embankment to lace.

In view of my invention an disclosure variations and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toothers skilled in the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of myinvention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claimall such in so far as they fall within the resonable spirit and scope ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toy track of the character indicated,'spaced transversely alinedform blocks, a cardboard cover thereon, a crushed stone coating on thecover simulating the surface of a real raised road-bed, and toy tracksections mounted upon the cover.

2. In a toy track of the character indicated, spaced transversely alinedform blocks, a cardboard cover thereon, a coating on the coversimulating ballast, and toy track sections mounted upon the cover, thecoating appearing between the ties and comprising glue and crushed stoneparticles.

3. In a toy track of the character indicated, spaced transversely alinedform blocks, a cardboard cover thereon, a coating on the coversimulating the surface of a real raised road-bed, and toy track sectionsmounted upon the cover, the coating comprising glue and broken stone orthe like over the top and glue and earthy matter over the sides.

4. In a toy railroad track of the character indicated, transverselyalined spaced blocks, cardboard over the tops of the blocks, sections oftoy track comprising train rails and ties thereunder fastened to theblocks through the cardboard, side cardboards over the sides of theblocks projecting upwardly beyond the tops thereof, and a toppingmaterial over the top cardboard between the upward projections of theside cardboards and over the ties, simulating the top surface of astandard railroad track embankment.

5. In a toy railroad track of the character indicated, transverselyalined spaced blocks, cardboard over the tops of the blocks, sections oftoy track comprising train rails and ties thereunder fastened to theblocks through the cardboard, side cardboards over the sides of theblocks projecting upwardly beyond the tops thereof, a topping materialover the top cardboard between the upward projections of the sidecardboards and over the ties simulating the top surface of a standardrailroad track embankment and a glue and broken stone surfacing over theoutside of the side cardboards simulating the surface of the embankmentof a standard railroad.

6. In a toy railroad, a simulated ballast material comprising crushedstone and glue.-

CHARLES F. STONE.

